Adopt Ordinance No.____ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES RELATING
TO PURCHASE ORDERS AND AMENDING SECTION 2.44.070 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE to allow for an increase of the purchase amount requiring the
use of a purchase order from $50 to $500.

BACKGROUND & DISCUSSION

This Ordinance was introduced at the July 6, 2004 City Council meeting. As
presented in the July 6, 2004 staff report to City Council, the Ordinance will
amend subsection 2.44.070 of the City’s purchasing ordinance to require use
of a purchase order for all purchases of $500 or more. Currently, the City’s
Municipal Code requires the use of a purchase order for all purchases of $50
or more.

Respectfully submitted,

Dennis McLean

Director of Finance and Information Technology

Reviewed,

Les Evans

City Manager

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ORDINANCE NO. 409

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES RELATING TO PURCHASE ORDERS
AND AMENDING SECTION 2.44.070 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Paragraph (1) of Paragraph A of Section 2.44.070 of
Chapter 44 of Title 2 of the Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows,
with all remaining portions of Paragraph A of Section 2.44.070 of Chapter 44
of Title 2 of the Municipal Code retained without amendment:

"1. All purchases of less than five hundred dollars that are processed
by the presentation of an invoice acceptable to and approved by the Department
of Finance."

Section 2. The City Council declares that the provisions of this
ordinance are severable. If, for any reason, any sentence, paragraph, or section
of this ordinance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such determination will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions
of this ordinance.

Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify
to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the full text of this ordinance
to be posted in the manner prescribed by law.

PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 20th day of July, 2004.

_______________________

Mayor

ATTEST:

_______________________

City Clerk

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss

CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )

I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is
five; the foregoing Ordinance No. 409 was duly and regularly adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on July 20, 2004,
and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote: